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◄ Leviticus 26:29►

New International Version
You will eat the flesh of your sons and the flesh of your daughters.

New Living Translation
Then you will eat the flesh of your own sons and daughters.

English Standard Version
You shall eat the flesh of your sons, and you shall eat the flesh of your daughters.

Berean Standard Bible
You will eat the flesh of your own sons and daughters.

King James Bible
And ye shall eat the flesh of your sons, and the flesh of your daughters shall ye eat.

New King James Version
You shall eat the flesh of your sons, and you shall eat the flesh of your daughters.

New American Standard Bible
Further, you will eat the flesh of your sons, and you will eat the flesh of your daughters.

NASB 1995
‘Further, you will eat the flesh of your sons and the flesh of your daughters you will eat.

NASB 1977
‘Further, you shall eat the flesh of your sons and the flesh of your daughters you shall eat.

Legacy Standard Bible
Further, you will eat the flesh of your sons, and the flesh of your daughters you will eat.

Amplified Bible
You will eat the flesh of your sons and the flesh of your daughters.

Christian Standard Bible
You will eat the flesh of your sons; you will eat the flesh of your daughters.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
You will eat the flesh of your sons; you will eat the flesh of your daughters.

American Standard Version
And ye shall eat the flesh of your sons, and the flesh of your daughters shall ye eat.

Contemporary English Version
In fact, you will be so desperate for food that you will eat your own children.

English Revised Version
And ye shall eat the flesh of your sons, and the flesh of your daughters shall ye eat.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
You will eat the bodies of your sons and daughters.

Good News Translation
Your hunger will be so great that you will eat your own children.

International Standard Version
At that time, you'll eat the flesh of your sons and you'll eat the flesh of your daughters.

NET Bible
You will eat the flesh of your sons and the flesh of your daughters.

New Heart English Bible
You will eat the flesh of your sons, and you will eat the flesh of your daughters.

Webster's Bible Translation
And ye shall eat the flesh of your sons, and the flesh of your daughters shall ye eat.

Majority Text Translations

Majority Standard Bible
You will eat the flesh of your own sons and daughters.

World English Bible
You will eat the flesh of your sons, and you will eat the flesh of your daughters.

Literal Translations

Literal Standard Version
And you have eaten [the] flesh of your sons; and you eat [the] flesh of your daughters.

Young's Literal Translation
'And ye have eaten the flesh of your sons; even flesh of your daughters ye do eat.

Smith's Literal Translation
And ye ate the flesh of your sons, and the flesh of your daughters shall ye eat.

Catholic Translations

Douay-Rheims Bible
So that you shall eat the flesh of your sons and of your daughters.

Catholic Public Domain Version
so much so that you will eat the flesh of your sons and your daughters.

New American Bible
till you begin to eat the flesh of your own sons and daughters.

New Revised Standard Version
You shall eat the flesh of your sons, and you shall eat the flesh of your daughters.

Translations from Aramaic

Lamsa Bible
And you shall eat the flesh of your sons, and the flesh of your daughters shall you eat.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And you shall eat the flesh of your sons and you will eat the flesh of your daughters.

OT Translations

JPS Tanakh 1917
And ye shall eat the flesh of your sons, and the flesh of your daughters shall ye eat.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And ye shall eat the flesh of your sons, and the flesh of your daughters shall ye eat.

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Context

Punishments for Disobedience
…28then I will walk in fury against you, and I, even I, will punish you sevenfold for your sins.29You will eat the flesh of your own sons and daughters.30I will destroy your high places, cut down your incense altars, and heap your lifeless bodies on the lifeless remains of your idols; and My soul will despise you.…

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 28:53-57
Then you will eat the fruit of your womb, the flesh of the sons and daughters whom the LORD your God has given you, in the siege and distress that your enemy will inflict on you. / The most gentle and refined man among you will begrudge his brother, the wife he embraces, and the rest of his children who have survived, / refusing to share with any of them the flesh of his children he will eat because he has nothing left in the siege and distress that your enemy will inflict on you within all your gates. ...

2 Kings 6:28-29
Then the king asked her, “What is the matter?” And she answered, “This woman said to me, ‘Give up your son, that we may eat him, and tomorrow we will eat my son.’ / So we boiled my son and ate him, and the next day I said to her, ‘Give up your son, that we may eat him.’ But she had hidden her son.”

Jeremiah 19:9
I will make them eat the flesh of their sons and daughters, and they will eat one another’s flesh in the siege and distress inflicted on them by their enemies who seek their lives.’

Lamentations 4:10
The hands of compassionate women have cooked their own children, who became their food in the destruction of the daughter of my people.

Ezekiel 5:10
As a result, fathers among you will eat their sons, and sons will eat their fathers. I will execute judgments against you and scatter all your remnant to every wind.’

2 Kings 17:6-7
In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria captured Samaria and carried away the Israelites to Assyria, where he settled them in Halah, in Gozan by the Habor River, and in the cities of the Medes. / All this happened because the people of Israel had sinned against the LORD their God, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. They had worshiped other gods

2 Kings 25:1-3
So in the ninth year of Zedekiah’s reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched against Jerusalem with his entire army. They encamped outside the city and built a siege wall all around it. / And the city was kept under siege until King Zedekiah’s eleventh year. / By the ninth day of the fourth month, the famine in the city was so severe that the people of the land had no food.

1 Kings 16:34
In Ahab’s days, Hiel the Bethelite rebuilt Jericho. At the cost of Abiram his firstborn he laid its foundation, and at the cost of Segub his youngest he set up its gates, according to the word that the LORD had spoken through Joshua son of Nun.

Isaiah 9:20
They carve out what is on the right, but they are still hungry; they eat what is on the left, but they are still not satisfied. Each one devours the flesh of his own offspring.

Micah 3:3
You eat the flesh of my people after stripping off their skin and breaking their bones. You chop them up like flesh for the cooking pot, like meat in a cauldron.”

Matthew 24:19
How miserable those days will be for pregnant and nursing mothers!

Luke 21:23
How miserable those days will be for pregnant and nursing mothers! For there will be great distress upon the land and wrath against this people.

Mark 13:17
How miserable those days will be for pregnant and nursing mothers!

Matthew 24:7-8
Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places. / All these are the beginning of birth pains.

Luke 23:29
Look, the days are coming when people will say, ‘Blessed are the barren women, the wombs that never bore, and breasts that never nursed!’

Treasury of Scripture

And you shall eat the flesh of your sons, and the flesh of your daughters shall you eat.

Deuteronomy 28:53-57
And thou shalt eat the fruit of thine own body, the flesh of thy sons and of thy daughters, which the LORD thy God hath given thee, in the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee: …

2 Kings 6:28,29
And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, This woman said unto me, Give thy son, that we may eat him to day, and we will eat my son to morrow…

Jeremiah 19:9
And I will cause them to eat the flesh of their sons and the flesh of their daughters, and they shall eat every one the flesh of his friend in the siege and straitness, wherewith their enemies, and they that seek their lives, shall straiten them.

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Leviticus 26

1.Of idolatry
2.Reverence
3.A blessing to those who keep the commandments
14.A curse to those who break them
40.God promises to remember those who repent

Study Bible

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You will eat the flesh
This phrase is a dire warning of the consequences of disobedience to God's covenant. Cannibalism is presented as the ultimate curse, a reversal of natural order and a sign of extreme desperation. In the ancient Near East, such acts were considered abhorrent and were often associated with divine judgment. This warning serves as a stark reminder of the severity of turning away from God's commands.

of your own sons and daughters.
The mention of "sons and daughters" emphasizes the personal and familial devastation that would result from disobedience. In the cultural context of ancient Israel, children were seen as a blessing and a continuation of one's lineage. The loss of children, especially in such a horrific manner, would be the ultimate tragedy. This phrase also connects to other biblical instances where disobedience leads to severe consequences, such as inDeuteronomy 28:53-57 and2 Kings 6:28-29, where similar situations are described during times of siege and famine. These instances highlight the fulfillment of prophetic warnings when the people of Israel turned away from God.

Persons / Places / Events

1.Israelites
The primary audience of Leviticus, the Israelites were God's chosen people, whom He delivered from Egypt and to whom He gave the Law through Moses.

2.Moses
The prophet and leader of the Israelites, who received the Law from God on Mount Sinai and communicated it to the people.

3.Covenant
The agreement between God and the Israelites, which included blessings for obedience and curses for disobedience.

4.Promised Land
The land of Canaan, which God promised to the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

5.Famine and Siege
Contextual events that could lead to extreme conditions, such as those described inLeviticus 26:29.

Teaching Points

The Seriousness of Sin
Leviticus 26:29 highlights the severe consequences of sin and disobedience to God. It serves as a sobering reminder of the seriousness with which God views sin.

The Faithfulness of God
Even in the warnings of judgment, we see God's faithfulness to His covenant. He is just and true to His word, both in blessings and in curses.

The Call to Repentance
The dire warnings are not just punitive but are intended to lead the people to repentance. God desires restoration and reconciliation with His people.

The Importance of Obedience
Obedience to God's commands is crucial for experiencing His blessings. The Israelites' history serves as a lesson for us to prioritize obedience in our relationship with God.

Hope in Redemption
While the consequences of sin are severe, the broader biblical account points to redemption through Christ, who bore the ultimate curse for our disobedience.

Lists and Questions

Top 10 Lessons from Leviticus 26

(Leviticus 26:29) Do we have any archaeological or recorded history of Israelites resorting to cannibalism precisely as this curse suggests?

What does the Bible say about cannibalism?

Lamentations 2:20 – Does the reference to horrific acts like eating one’s own children indicate a literal event, and if so, how can such a command coexist with a just and loving God?

Why does Leviticus 12:5 require a longer period of purification for a daughter than for a son, and how is this disparity justified?

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers

(29)And ye shall eat the flesh of your sons.--The harrowing scene here described is also depicted inDeuteronomy 28:53-57. This prediction actually came to pass at the siege of Samaria by the Syrians (2Kings 6:28-29), and at the siege of Jerusalem by the Chaldaeans, which Jeremiah thus bewails, "the hands of pitiful women have sodden their own children, they were their meat in the destruction of the daughter of my people" (Lamentations 4:10; comp. alsoJeremiah 19:9;Ezekiel 5:10;Zechariah 11:9, &c.). This also happened at the siege of Jerusalem by Titus. A woman named Mary killed her infant child and boiled it during the height of the famine, and after she had eaten part of it, the soldiers found the rest in her house. . . .

Parallel Commentaries ...

Hebrew

You will eat
וַאֲכַלְתֶּ֖ם(wa·’ă·ḵal·tem)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's 398:To eat

the flesh
בְּשַׂ֣ר(bə·śar)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 1320:Flesh, body, person, the pudenda of a, man

of your sons
בְּנֵיכֶ֑ם(bə·nê·ḵem)
Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural
Strong's 1121:A son

and the flesh
וּבְשַׂ֥ר(ū·ḇə·śar)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 1320:Flesh, body, person, the pudenda of a, man

of your daughters.
בְּנֹתֵיכֶ֖ם(bə·nō·ṯê·ḵem)
Noun - feminine plural construct | second person masculine plural
Strong's 1323:A daughter

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OT Law: Leviticus 26:29 You will eat the flesh of your (Le Lv Lev.)